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GETTING EVEN.
How an Obllging Man Revenged Himself
on . Lady with q Bottle.

How an Obllging Man Revenged Himself
on Lady with a Bottle.
The following story is told of the
general traffic manager of Southern
railroad: Some time ago, as he was
returning to New York from the South,
the train on which he was riding
stopped at Elizabeth, and among the
passengers who boarded it was a richly
dressed lady, who entered the car in
which he sat, and anxiously glanced
around for seat. The train was
crowded, and Mr.. O. immediately
arose and gave the lady his-the outer
half Of the-seat, and stood in the aisle
near by. When Newark was reached.
the gentleman who occupied the other
half got out and left the car. The lady
at on e arose, as il to give Mr.. o.
his portion of the seat, shook out her
skirts, seated herself again with her
back to the aisle. and put her little
hand-sachel on the other half of the
seat. BY this time many of the passen-
gers had become interested in the situa-
ton. When the train reached that
portion of the meadows between New
ark and Jersey City on which the phos-
phate works are situated, the terrible
stencil. so familiar to those who habit
ually travel son the Pennsylvania and
Morris & Essex railroads, penetrated
the cars. Quick as thought, the lady
seized her sachel, got out bottle Of
smelling-salts and clapped it to her
nose. MIR. o. saw this, and leaning
over, he sad to a couple Of gentlemen
in the seat Immediately behind her.
Gentlemen, what in the name of
Heaven has that woman got in that
bottlei' fU s5a
The lady instantly turned and said:
1T is not this bottle, sir, which smells. y
Amid the universal laughter he re-
tired to another car, but not until he
had shot back: MADAM, as long as |
live I'll never forget the smell from
that bottle. - Hn,pcr's Magazine
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About Catching Cold.

/, Thin-skinned persons catch cold
most easily. Active exercise sets them
into a perspiration, and the sudden
checking of the perspiration when ex-
ercise ceases causes a cold. Such per-
sons may seldom have severe colds il
they learn how to manage them, and
perhaps they have less actual sickness
such as interferes with work or pleas
ure-than persons who do not take
cold easily. Flesh brushing during the
cooler months lessons the liability to
catch cold. A flesh brush is much like
an.ordihary hair brush, only with q
longer handle. have seen very
good one made of 4 hair brush with y
longer handle attached to it. Habit
makes the use of flesh brush on un-
dressing for bed or on rising in the
morning. luxury and almost necess-
ify for comfort. A brief, vigorous rub
bing of the skin promotes its healthy
activity and its ability to resist cold.-
Household.
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Germany, where most OF the stones re-
quired are quite plentiful. It is conf
mon enough to impose The cairngorm
on ignorant purchasers as Brazilian
or Mexican topaz. Edinburgh lap
diaries are able to prepare and mount
the cairngorm and pebbles of Scotland
with taste and skill. Crystals of smoky
quartz are found in every part of the
globe, and can be so skilfully dealt
with by lapidaries and experts as to be
made deeper or lighter in color as may
be demanded. Each manipulation is of
course careful to preserve his particu-
lar mode of procedure secret from his
fellows; and some of them are very
clever in their various manipulations
of Scottish stones, which Elm be set
with fine effect in brooches, shuff-mulls.
dirks and powder-horns.
s ck-pearls' are the subject of fire.
uentdiscussion. The wonderful luster
and exquisite polish of the real gem
of the sea have been more than once
initiated with almost the power of
nature. But there is something about
this beautiful and mysterious produce
ton which in the end tells against all
attempts at fraud. The limitations,
tested with the real gem, provides one
source of detection, and the brittle ma
ture Of the manufactured article is an
other. Another matter is that the ex
quisitely drilled holes which are char
acteristic of the pearls of the, East are
wanting in all limitations, the drilling
in the latter case beng usually clumsy
and unt.edged. The scales of small
fish known as the bleak have been sue
cessfulIy used in the formation Of false
pearls; but as it requires some eighteen
thousand of these fish to provide one
pound-weight of the pearl-making ma
terial, it seems super6uous to say that
only very limited number of gems
can be made from the scales of the
bleak. f ~
Hera we pause, not having space left
in which to discuss the manufacture"
of cameo's. or the production of that
mystery gold' which two years ago
afforded so much material for news
paper discussion. At the present time,
when pictures and pottery. old furni-
ture, articles of virtu of all kinds, coins.
and even birds eggs are forged, it is
not q matter for surprise that spurious
diamonds, mock-pearls, and limitations
of many of our more precious gems
should be foisted on the public by un-
scrupulous tradespeople. Neverthe-
less, so long as lady can purchase for
few pounds a necklace or other
adornment which, if genuine, would
have cost hundreds or perhaps thou
sands of pounds, the imitation gem
trade will continue to flourish. Cham
bers' journal.
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Did you ever notice how they
struggle to conceal the identity of hash
on = bill of fare by putting it in
Frenchp- Yonkers Statesman.
The Sultan Of Turkey Oets one If
his ladies in waiting to read to him
funny things ont Of the American
papers. The suicide Of the Sultan
may be expected, very soon now
BHitington Free Press.
-"Hurrv up. Tom! There goes tho
dimes bell. i" sad one boarder to an.
other. .They ought to call Il tho
cbcstrrt hall Z. th;s h,,. r. a'. e
rings for the same me old thinr--ha "h' =
3 ~ Y. sam.
The Wrong Girl: He with view
toward further acouaintance with
owner)-.sWhat pretty little doo, He
wouldn't bite me, would hep" She
20 - no. -. We give him salt food only"
-Eittis iDick+eawbAs-.do<1ai s.iroIisi
aneah, mailman" Mamma surplus
means over-too many ..Then does
surpliced choirs mean 6hoirs that ara
not neededpr .sSometirnes. dear -
Omaha4 World.
: wa arestold in : cst.e,1 4h.4 ...A.
hand that rocks he'crs lie shs h snS
that rules the worIfu Th;s a
doubt, "a pretty settiment.E hnt AZ
author ought to know chat nbont .;Srht
women out Of ten rock the crrdIs 80
their1oet-Puck. ""
--rJane. did T ,,x ta,, -. -
wera5 : cain famntad - ~ ~ you ~ you
- u ~, ~ ces LILO currant2
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| r4sslsNALsER

HIsttry Of me Organisation Of This Use-
iul All to Our MILITARY system.
The Signal Service of the United
States was first made known In 1859.
Major Myer. then an assistant surgeon
in tho United States armys spriounced
his dis .overy Of > system Of signals BY
which orders of information could be
transmitted by sight or by sound over
distances varying from one to fifteen
miles. with the most perfect accuracy.
The messages could be transmitted
either by airing. cannons waving flags,
displaying lanterns, throwing up rock
cts or eyen waving forage caps. Small
flags were regarded as the most simple
means Of thus telegraphing, and with
an equipment weighing but sixteen
pounds and an .opera-glass messages
were easily transmitted seven or eight
miles. The system was fully tested by
different officers, and in JUNE, 1860. It
was proposed in the Senate to establish
the grade of 'ssignal officer" that the
inventor might have suitable rank,
and instruct others in this art of tele-
graphing by sight or by sound. The
secret of the system was an ingeni-
Gus cipher. the characters Of which
were expressed BY emotions or by
sounds, with repetitions and different
intervals of time elapsing. The propo-
sition met with favor both in the SEN
ate and in the House. Senator Crit
tenden hoped ITO give the young officer
who. has brought this sys stem to such
perfection that it will be useful in the
army. a position which will enable him
to introduce and familiarize the use of
it." Senator Wilson aud others also
urged the appointment. Jefferson
Davis bitterly opposed it. He even
sneered at the proposed appointment,
- anomalous in the military service
and improper, and If the doctor had
been an educated soldier he never
would have thought of such reward. -
Mallory echoed Davis in denouncing
the appointment IS ga high-handed at
tempt on the esprit de corps of the
army" and others joined him. but the
signal corps was established, the Sem
ate vote being thirty-one against twen-
ty-four. Davis Immediately had Major
Myer ordered by Floyd, of New Mexi-
co, and directed to communicate the
system of signal to those who after
wards so adroitly used it in the Con-
federate forces. Major Myer remained
loyal, came to Washington. and at
once so changed and revised bis sys-
tenn of cipher that it was perfectly un-
ineligible to all not in his secret. A
signal corps was organized of Lienten-
ants aud sergeants, detailed from diff
ferent regiments. They were en-
camped at Red Hill; just above George
town, and there thoroughly trained.
Each adjutant was also initiated into
the system. and the penalty for disclos-
ing it, except under orders, to friend
or foe, was death. The corps was of
great value during the war, but Gen.
eral Myer lived but few years after
wards, having meanwhile perfected
his invention and added to it weather
reports. Periey Poore, tn Boston
BxdQet. f5t. tifff ~ atsf G.t.tf
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travelling Expenses. in Europe.

People who believe that travel is ex.
tremely inexpensive in Europe should
be disabused. 1t is not so very costly
from the fact that the long trips one
can undertake in the United States are
not to be made In the old world. unless
one goes to Russia, for example, but
the railway and steamboat fares are
not seductively low. ,The five hours
trip from Liverpool to London costs
1925. the nine honrs' trip from London
to Paris costs SIS. the twenty-five
hours trip from Paris to Milan costs
S24. One can. of course, take a cheaper
route from England to France aud re-
duce the price of the English and
Italian journeys, buying second-class
tickets, but when Americans travel
they very sensibly, I think-Iike to
travel as swiftly and comfor tally as
possible. Add to the figures given
above the additional charge for extra
baggage on the continents charge
levied atevery tarn on all luggage IN
excess Of a ridiculously small allowance
land the voyager will siglffor the out
growth of competing lines, bankrupt
roads and broken pools which he profits
by in the land of the setting sun
Gossiper, tn NJ Y World. -. s,
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lrHEzJNuuSTRiAl WORLD
.h;n~
"A la3orer VINO ma, nss f yun Cal,
work in Los Angeles tun Ivy, awav
writes warning others - s smnloy
from there, As the rancnh lu;.. ,nsr
Chinese in preference 20 VINO r.
Christian Prefer, OF Pittsburgh, ra-s
has brought suit against nus e"Pl1yo.
for S148 for extra worA e.as ~ 80 thc
Sundays The defendant Ieslsn s"v
payment on the ground thas NJ 80 ~,
cry can be had for LABOR Perloln'0 rL 81 ~
the Sabbath unless ~ 10 = p.u 49,
necessity, which 10 denied.- ~ '@S''"S"
Chronicle.
Is not room enough ~ lou' -
vile, KY. to hold last year csop
tobacco. and the tobacco men 10 NJ
know what they will DO wnen ','is
years crop comes in, as e y unusd d
large. Farmers are nos cAPoo 80.
get enough for their tobacco 70 P.y r -,
the raising 81 IL Wnen snn %" t,s,,.,,cF
comes in.-Lo"ssv'3e eo's''e' go - !.
The attempt to produce sugar ~
the lower part OF New jersey mas o1o %
abandoned. The soil was suPPoseu -
be we'll adapted to the cui1iyation ~
sorghum, but after I'VE years % oa.o...
experimenting aided ~ encourA
ment from the State IN tne snaps VI
bounty Of one dollar Tor every Ton %
cane raised and one cent LOT eve5y
pound of merchandise sugar MAJ uo
therefrom, it was concluded sns ~ w
business is not ProntaDle one
Sun.
There has been no great boom III
the progress of Manitoba during Inc
past four years, although the adsanco.
inent has been substantial. In 1874
hardly any wheat was shipped OUT OF
the country--at best, not over l'VV,
600 bushels. The past year there were
$500, 900 bushels, over one-nau OF -
damaged by frost. This year mere
will. It is estimated, be upward OF
5000, 900 bushels for export. -1So''s'e'''
Witness.
Lancaster County. Pennsyiyanla,
il the banner county of the United
States in the value of its agricultural
products, which are set down at over
s., 800, 900. Monroe County. New York,
in which is situated the city of Roches-
ter, is the second in rank. There are
thirtSthree counties whose annual
products exceed $1,000. 900, OF which
fourteen are in New York. seven in
Pennsylvania, six in Illinois, two in
California, two in Massachusetts, and
one each in Michigan and Connecticut
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The builders trade in Germany is
one of the most dangerous. to life and
limb. and accidents to those engaged
in it reach an enormous figure. The
Bavarian Baugewerks- Gcaosssnschatt
reports that from the LIST of October,
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"A carpet-trade paper tells-a story
of perspiring salesman who seemed
to be unable to suit lady after un-
rolling miles of his stock. When the
lady remarked to her companion. 'sBaby
likes to see him roll them out. and il IS
not time to take the train yet, he gave
it up.
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--Of numerous methods for purify

-Of numerous methods for purify
ing drinking water recommended by
recognized authorities, the following
Of Prof. Wilbur. Of Rutgers College. is
very simple and worthy of thorough
trial: dissolve half an ounce of pure
alum in cup Of boiling water. pouring
into a quart measure and filing up with
cold water. Keep it in bottle labeled
's'alum solution. An ordinary tea
spoonful is the right amount to add 50
n gallon of water. No harm would b !:
done II two, or ten were added; one Is
sufficient. As T.re,st waters vary. Il
may b. found that less will answer;
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= This }sshowever. only small amount
Of what these Princes receive. but this
sum is enough to send . cold chill
down the back Of the american tax
payer. Our President gets. all told.
for the White House expenses and
salarys bsss than 3l00. 900 per year.
Queen Victoria does half the business
on nearly twenty times the salary, and
her cons get from $1O0. 900 to 5000, 600
q year apiece, and her daughters from
So. 900 IL $4,000 . year. Carps IN
Czstsfdnd Led6ier.
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The attempt to raise tobacco in En-
gland Il fai'ure. The experiment
Was fx'filfnliy ti'i:d sbat The result was
far from encouraging.
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PAuPER ROYALTY.


Xn0Sn 8no 4EA"r1'
Queen Victoria's family costs En-
gland over $4,0O0,000 year. to say
nothing Of the immense private for
tunes possessed by them and gotten
through their positions as Queen and
Princes. Here in Scotland the Queen
has Balmoral. an estate of30, 900 acres.
Her estate at Claremont is worth three
quarters of a million, of dollars, and
her husband left an estate of about
81. GOO, 900. She has an immense es-
tate at Osborne. and she has invest
ments in Germany. She is said to be
a good thsiness woman, and rather
stingy than generous. The English
opposition papers do not scruple to
make remarks about her psrsimony.
and it is q common charge that while
she is free with words of sympathy she
never gives anything to speak of. Her
income must be immense. and . largs
part of it is clear gain She gets purses
everywhere. and her privats purse ac-
count from the people Is about $500,
900 annually.
It is interesting to note just what
England pays her In cold money every
year, in addition to free house rent,
and give it here in American dollars:
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of glass. Aventurine is another kind
of gem glass, which is chiefly manu-
featured in Venice, and brings high
price. The best thing is q quartz Of
varying shades of color, which is much
priced. One OF the scarcer varieties is
known as sunstone, and Is much sought
after, being valuable for such purposes
as have been referred to. ft,a
Attempts BY chemists to produce dia-
monds have, commercially speaking,
usually resulted in failure. The most
successful of the early experiments
tried in the way of diamond production
was that worked out by Gannal, q
Frenchman, vino in the year 1923 sue
ceeded in producing substance that
was affirmed by practical jeweler Of
great repute to be a diamond; but after
much controversy, the opinion came to
be ultimately entertained that even
Gannd had failed. Another famous
Frenchman, NJ Desprets. made several
endeavors in the same direction with
partial success; he produced matter at
all events with which it was found to
be possible to cut and polish the harder
gems. A Monsieur de Chadd Courtois
has also entered upon various expert
ments with q view to the production Of
'.real" diamonds, but, so far rs we
know, without having achieved success.
Mr.. Mac1ier's experiments at the Sc
Rollox chemical works in Glasgow
have been so recently discussed rs not
to require farther reference.
The so-called ss5cottish iewe!ry :"
made from AcaiFngorms, cinnaA,0 I
stone. etc., Is largely Manufactured ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-23
FOR RENT-HOUSFS.

FOE SuE-HANDSoME CENTRAL. PROPERTY.
y ~ minutes walk from 9TH st and Pa ave SrnoIn
new press dwelling having cellar aud every mod
IT'D stable, large lot. wide parking on
49,. 80 "a dNc.
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WHAT SENATOR EDMUNDs SAYS ABOUT HIN.
senator Edmunds when asked by a STAR re-
porter To-Day for some Information as to Inters
state commissioner Walker. of Vermont, said: Il
can teA you all about him. can't give dates, but
l kno" the man thoroughly. He is about As years
oio, ana was born in Rutland county. His father
t Mas an eminent clergyman-decidedly eminent.
" @tnsSi, Int neWly-appOnted commissioner, grad
u".eo a. Middiebury College, and he studied
hr"a. III my Office. AT the out
t n1ea ant oI the rebellion he left me
. ~ snter the army. He went from my Office, /
think before he had completed his studies. He
Ment INTO The war, think as lieutenant, though
ne MAY nave been private, and he served clear
tnIoush. he was In the 18th Vermont, the largest
IcSnnent Vi The state. Ii was organized an
uIeiIery regiment, and for time was stationed in
oie Vi tne Iorts here for the defense OF Washing
U W rnv IeSlment was changed 10 infantry, and
M; Maiker served through the long campaigns
nu heated battles with distinction and gallantry
ny [uss Dy MS own merit to be Heutenant-colo-
nc entered law firm In New York. He remained
Ineie TWO or three years and then returned TO his
na. i county, where he has practiced ever since
VIII great distinction. He was state senator,
tn a from 1882 to 1854 In the state senate he
VOL Instruction In respect OF these railroad prob
le!us. he was member OF the judiciary com.
M ,.,e. MI Walker is a man of extraordinary
apiiiey, line scholar, man OF literary attain
!ehss anu Is vigorous, industrious and honest all
1nT ,, way through; strong man in every respect
Imc reporter remarked that1t was said that Mr..
walker was appointed upon the recommendation
Oh senator Edmunds. Il don't recommend any
OOuy," replied the Senator. II sometimes give
tesllqony as TO the fitness Of people for public
uuGeS DuC don't recommend"
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A GOVERNMENT LAND DECISION WHICH WILL b
STRONGLY RESISTEn.

A GOVERNMENT LAND DECISION WHICH WILL BE
STRONGLY RESISTED.
The Philadelphia Press says: The report from
Washington to the effect that the suit OF the
Northern Pacific X. r. Co. against Guilford Miller
has been decided by Attorney General Garland i'm
favor OF the Northern Pacific created a decided
stir in Industrial circles and particularly among
the leaders OF the Knights OF Labor. The decision
IS peculiar, and one that Us a precedent viii af-
feet In radical way the interests OF farmers and
december, 1884, Gutlford Miller, a poor
farmer and homestead settler, took up under
land lying nifty miles outside the limits of the
Northern Pacific grant. The domain OF that cor
poration extended only forty miles on each side of
the line OF the road, and Millers idea In settling
fifty miles away probably was to get out of the
reach OF the company. He made his homestead
entry and proceeded to build home for himself,
and other settlers gathered around him, thus
making his land the more valuable, when the
Northern Pacific railroad company stepped I'm and
iands When CONGRESS made land grants to- raii.
road corporations IL authorized the corporations
to take up enough lands outside the limits OF the
grants to compensate for the loss OF such lands as
had already been taken up by previous settlers, IL
such there might be. The Northern Pacific rail-
road company, however IL Is declared, has already
selected and ciaimed 00o GOO acres as Indemnity
lands" SO that 1t is held that the company has
received much more than IL is entitled to without
obtaining Guilford Miiler's little farm. Never
theless, Attorney General Garland has decided
that MillefS entry was improperly allowed and
that the land belongs to the railroad. and not TO
the United States.
Against this decision OF the attorney general,
''the farmers, workingmen and Knights or Labor
all over the country WILL IL is asserted, rise
in protest" Already private Information has
been received in this city from various points,
particularly from the west, that vigorous demon
stratiOnsOf d1sapproval are promised by the labor
ing people, It Is also believed that Secretary
Lamar and President Cleveland will be asked to
interfere, inaSMuch as this decision will entail
the expulsion OF large number OF poor people and
give their land to corporations and Will keep away
thousands of Industrious families.
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